Three killed in flooding, as heavy rains lash Italy/ Winter storm Pax
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An Italian woman watched aghast as her
seven-year-old daughter and two other female relatives were swept to
their deaths Sunday when an overflowing river in Sicily engulfed their
car, media reported. Rain and windstorms have unleashed across the
Italian island of Sicily in recent days, leading to swollen rivers and
causing widespread flooding. The family members were all traveling in
the same small Lancia hatchback before dawn when it was grabbed by the
rushing waters in eastern Sicily. The woman and three other occupants
made it out and to the safety of the riverbank, but her daughter and two
other women remained trapped inside and drowned. Elsewhere on the
Italian island, a four-wheel-drive vehicle was also picked up by a
raging river, but both occupants were rescued in an operation involving a
helicopter. The incidents occurred as Italy suffered a bout of foul
weather over the weekend that has unfurled rain and windstorms across
the country, making rivers surge and causing widespread flooding. Heavy
snowfall in the Italian Alps has disrupted communications and
electricity supplies, and resulted in the suspension of some train
services with neighboring Austria. The meteorological conditions were
expected to last into Tuesday. –Inquirer
Texas, Monday into early Tuesday: The first area of icy
precipitation has already developed across parts of Texas, where some
light freezing rain and freezing drizzle have been reported near and to
the southwest of Dallas-Fort Worth. This light
precipitation may linger into Tuesday morning around Dallas, but with
temperatures poking above freezing at times, impacts will be limited to a
few slick spots mainly on bridges and overpasses.
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